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Approximately 9,871 gangs with more than 172,360 members are criminally active in the Southeast Region, according to 2008 NDTS data and interviews with local law enforcement officials. (See Figure 10.) Also according to NDTS data, the percentage of state and local law enforcement agencies in the Southeast Region that report gang activity in their jurisdictions has increased from 50 percent in 2004 to 68 percent in 2008. The most significant gangs operating in the region are Crips, Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings, Sureņos 13, and UBN. (See Appendix B.)
Figure 10. Southeast Region gang membership by county.
Gang-related trends:
- The presence of MS 13 in North Carolina and Georgia is growing.
- The increased migration of Hispanic gangs into the region has resulted in violent confrontations with local African American gangs for control of gang territories.
- Mexican DTOs have increased their criminal operations in the region over the past few years, providing gangs, particularly Hispanic gangs, in the region with a steady supply of drugs that they have used to expand their drug distribution operations.
Predictive NGIC/NDIC intelligence:
- Hispanic gangs will expand their drug distribution operations in the Southeast Region.
- Hispanic gangs will establish more direct associations with Mexican sources of supply for drugs.
- Hispanic gangs will take a more active role in developing independent transportation and distribution networks in the region.
- Some Hispanic gangs in the Southeast Region will transition from retail-level drug sales to wholesale-level distribution, which may lead to violent confrontations with other wholesale drug distributors in the region.
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